Using a bulk host blocker like that is not such a good idea as you can't selectively allow access for example, you might want to lweave ads enabled on this site, where they are both minimal and help support the site costs, similarly on my own site I have minimal adverts and those help pay my site running costs.

The built in content blocker in oddyssey can be used on a per site basis and so is much more descriminating.

@broadbluesI don't see any Odyssey docs that explain how to determine what to add to the Odyssey content blocker. How would the average user determine what to enter to block a certain add on a particular WEB page? I've never been able to add anything to Odyssey content blocking that actually works. Maybe I'm missing something obvious.

I admit I haven't used it much, but IIRC it comes preloaded with blocking rules already?

Just chacking I see there is a menu entry Window->ContentBlocking

This window contains a list of rules, they appear to be regular expressions. I don't know if there are any resources with ready made expressions for new advaert srcs, I'd guess there are, maybe as part of the adblock src code? Writting your own is likely beyond the average amiga user these days...

Yeah, the AdBlock in Odyssey works OK for me. My main annoyance is the ads that take ages to load, holding up access to the page when I only want to click on a link (like on this site), but I have to wait while the ads load first.

And in OWB, sometimes the ads freeze the browser with their animations and Javascript.

That is the nice thing about this hosts file...95% of the amiga ads arent blocked because they normally dont use the big expensive ad farms but private servers.the hosts maintainers arent bothered by those as they dont stumble over them, so do not fear, your site and all the amiga sites tend to not be affected.

Hi Bill,take a look at my first post in this thread, follow the link to the github page and choose the hosts file to your liking.

"social" is the one you should look for, it blocks every known social media page, faceblock, twatter...you name it.

not sure if the *icons* will be blocked aswell, you might need to empty your entire cache for that first.the nice thing is that it blocks everything that will load in the background from those sites and speeds up page generation/loading.

Xenic wrote:@broadbluesI don't see any Odyssey docs that explain how to determine what to add to the Odyssey content blocker. How would the average user determine what to enter to block a certain add on a particular WEB page? I've never been able to add anything to Odyssey content blocking that actually works. Maybe I'm missing something obvious.

AFAIK it's based on the popular Adblock Plus standard, so the best bet is to go on documentation made for mainstream browsers, for example https://adblockplus.org/filters

You can even use Adblock filter files made for mainstream browsers, just rename them to conf/blocked.prefs in Odyssey's drawer (make backup of the original first). Although in my quick tests those can be too heavy for us making browsing too slow, so I think it's best to stick with the provided conf and just add your own rules there when needed.

BTW. you can also add new rules to block images from certain sites by right clicking an image and selecting "Block Images from site..." from the context menu.